Andrew Smith (zoologist)
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Sir Andrew Smith was a British surgeon, explorer, ethnologist and zoologist. He is considered the father of zoology in South Africa having described many species across a wide range of groups in his m
Sir Andrew Smith
1840 drawing of Southern African rock python by Sir Andrew Smith
Sir Andrew Smith portrait
Natalia Republic
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The Natalia Republic was a short-lived Boer republic founded in 1839 after a Voortrekker victory against the Zulus at the Battle of Blood River. The area was previously named Natália by Portuguese sai
Andrew Smith (zoologist)
…of the Bushmen in 1831. In the same year of 1831, there were rumours of serious unrest in the east, causing Governor Sir Lowry Cole to send Smith to Natal in January 1832. Here he interviewed Dingaan and reported back to Cole, arousing a great deal of interest in the business world of the Cape. It was…
Natal cotton field (c. 1885).